Hauler

Overview

The software enables self-employed participants to profit from junk removal, small moving and/or courier/errand services.

Project Goal

The aim for the team is to achieve fucntional mobile applications (User and Service Provider) through which a user is able to create a post for the required services and a service provider is able to accpet a job.

Product description

• In the software, the dispatching technology uses a Geographical location component that will ensure that users and service providers are connected in the same regional space.
• The application will allow users to post open contracts for services that they require to be completed.
• The service providers would be able to accept the contract or decline and in turn allowing another service provider to take the contract.

Mainly 3 services will be provided

• Hauler Junk Removal Services
• Hauler Moving Services
• Hauler Errands Services

Essential Feature List

Core Features

• Create two separate mobile applications User & Service Provider.

  User App

  • Is able to create a profile on the application.
  • Is able to create a post for all three services.
  • Is able to accept/negotiate and decline any offer provided by the service provider.
  • Is able to search a list of service providers in their geographical location.
  • Is able to save a list of jobs created by them

  Service Provider App

  • Is able to create a profile on the application.
  • Is able to search a relevant post for all the services listed in their geographical area.
  • Is able to accept or submit a counter offer for a job listed by the user.
  • Is able to accept/negotiate and decline an offer by the user.

Nice to have

• User is able to submit a review for the service provider
• An admin panel created for the company(Hauler) to execute the below fuctions
  • Approve a service provider once relevant documents are verified.
  • Is able to perform CRUD operations for a user and service provider
  • Is able to delete a post from the database
  • Is able to generate reports for a relevant
• Integration with QuickBooks for invoicing, order summary and payment methods.
• Live tracking of services and routing.

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Technical details

Tech-Stack used:

• React-Native for Front-end mobile
• MongoDB for Backend Database
• Firebase for User/Service Provider Authentication
• Node.js, Express for Backend

Web Services

• Mongo Atlas, hosting database
• Heroku, hosting backend API
• Firebase, hosting user (client, service provider & admin) authentication credentials

Installation instructions

Prerequisites

• Node 12 LTS or higher
• Node Package Manager (NPM) or Yarn
• Android Emulator / iOS Simulator is installed
• Expo CLI (Install Globally)

Installation

• Clone the repo
• npm install or yarn install
• npm start or yarn start
• add .env file to the root folder (Sample for .env file created in the repo for refernce)
  • Create and add API keys for FireBase Authentication (API, Auth Domain, Project Id, Storage Bucket, Messaging Sender ID and App ID)
  • Add this Heroku link to the NETWORK_URL=
  • Create an account with GCP and get GOOGLE_MAP_API with enabling (Places API, Directions API)

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Use Case Diagram

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User App Prototype

Click here for the protoype of the Service Provider https://github.com/BCIT-SSD-2020-21/hauler-service-provider/blob/main/planning/supportingDocs/ServiceProviderApp.gif

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An industry project by:

• Kulveer Brar
• Abhishek Pundir
• Mandeep Dhillon
• Owen Ow